EDITORIAL: Our cheers to you

Here are some things worthy of recognition

Each week in this space, The Leaf-Chronicle salutes those who are making our community and our world a better place in which to live.

CHEERS to the Team Emily Jean Foundation, which has headed up numerous fundraisers with a $100,000 goal so that Emily Mills, severely injured in a 2011 wreck, can attend a stem cell research program in Texas and the Frazier Rehabilitation Institute in Louisville next summer.

CHEERS to the 21-member class of the 2013-14 Leadership Clarksville-Montgomery County School System. They will participate in a year-long, in-depth study of the local public schools.

CHEERS to the Hilldale United Methodist Church, host of the first "Back to School Bully Bustin' Bash" with teaching and learning sessions about bullying.

CHEERS to Matthew Klomfas and George Michael Huttick, members of Boy Scout Troop #500, who have both attained the rank of Eagle.

CHEERS to Jim Amos, who was awarded the title of Board Member Emeritus for the good work he does with the Salvation Army.

CHEERS to state Rep. Curtis Johnson and state Sen. Mark Green, who sponsored a bill that was signed into law by Gov. Bill Haslam waiving the state's commercial drivers license skills test requirement for honorably discharged service members if they have already passed the test in the service.

Please let me start by introducing ourselves. We are the Fowler Family; Jeremy, Abby, and Hunter. On Aug. 17, our "team" spent the day working on Ms. Candace Guyer's house. In exchange, we raised funds to help bring our child home from Ethiopia.

We were the Both Hands family you read about.

I would just like to take a few seconds to say a huge THANK YOU to our sponsors: Home Depot, Lowes, Clarksville Floor covering, Chick-fil-a, and Sherwin Williams. Without them, this project wouldn't have been possible.

We would also like to say a HUGE THANK YOU to the "team" that showed up to help us Saturday. We arrived at Ms. Guyer's house at 7:45 in the morning, and some of the team didn't leave until 10:30 p.m. That is dedication. Throughout the whole process Ms. Guyer just kept telling us that she had been praying for this for so long. We, as a team, were the answer to her prayers.

She was blessed beyond anything she ever expected.

If you missed the article in Sundays paper, please, visit www.bothhandsfoundation.org/jeremy-and-abby-fowler to see all the work our team accomplished. You can also sponsor us through the website to help bring our child home from Ethiopia!

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EDITORIAL: Our cheers to you

CHEERS to the Team Emily Jean Foundation, which has headed up numerous fundraisers with a $100,000 goal so that Emily Mills, severely injured in a 2011 wreck, can attend a stem cell research program